Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Perfectly Imperfect

Thank you, Courtney, for leading me in the direction of this fabulous interview. Balustrade & Bitters interviewed Schuyler Samperton, and the pictures are fabulous (duh), not to mention, the interview is interesting the entire way through. I love the way it was composed... like a conversation. Very casual. And, I love the way Schuyler Samperton approaches a project. Like this...

CR: What is your sort of forte with a job? Is it textiles, is it color?

A: Well personally, I love color and I love layering. I love fabrics, I think that's my favorite thing to work with. You know, whether it be the curtains or the upholstery or great pillows. I love finding things that are unusual. I do a lot of sourcing of antique textiles. Because I think that really brings a lot of character to a space. It makes it feel that there's some sort of individuality going on. One of my pet peeves is when something looks like everything is from a showroom. I don't like things to be too perfectly matched or symmetrical. I like things to look at little bit off. And I know decorators always say, "It creates tension", but tension to me sort of implies something that might be a little off putting. To me it's more interesting to kind of see something that you wouldn't expect. Like in a bedroom, I don't need to have two identical bedside tables and two identical lamps. I don't need that sort of symmetry personally. I don't bring that to my projects. I just think it looks more kind of relaxed and cool if it's not too matchy.

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Kelly Robson

High Street Market shop co-founder, interior designer, wife to Dave, and mommy to William and June. Living in Philadelphia, born and raised in California. Renovating a historic home and trying to enjoy all the beautiful things in life.